UNO’s Patterson, USD’s Robertson Collect #SummitMBB Awards

12/7/2015 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Omaha's Devin Patterson and South Dakota's Eric Robertson were named Summit League Players of the Week for their performances Nov. 30-Dec. 6.

DEVIN PATTERSON, OMAHA
Sr. // G // Portsmouth, Va.

Earned his second career Player of the Week award and first this season
Nailed a game-winning three as time expired to give Omaha a 100-97 win over Montana State
Totaled a career-best 38 points on 68.2 percent (15-of-22) shooting in the road victory
Averaged 27.0 points per game while shooting 57.1 percent (20-of-35) from the field and 46.2 percent (6-of-13) from beyond the arc for the week

ERIC ROBERTSON, SOUTH DAKOTA
Sr. // G // Wayzata, Minn.

Collected his first career weekly honor
Led South Dakota to a double-overtime victory over Big Ten Minnesota, ending its 47-game, non-conference home winning streak (second longest in the nation)
Scored 13 of his 16 points in the second half and overtime periods, including seven straight Coyote points near the end of regulation to force overtime
The senior hit two game-tying jumpers in the first overtime to send the game to a second overtime
Shot 63.6 percent (7-of-11) and pulled in four rebounds in USD's first win over a Big Ten team since the 1956-57 season

Also nominated: Nate Engesser, Denver; Mo Evans, Fort Wayne; Darell Combs, IUPUI; Paul Miller, North Dakota State; Deondre Parks, South Dakota State

Previous recipients: Nov. 16 – Garret Covington, Western Illinois; Nov. 23 – Obi Emegano, Oral Roberts / J.C. Fuller, Western Illinois; Nov. 30 – Obi Emegano, Oral Roberts

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In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League features men's basketball teams from nine member institutions: Denver, Fort Wayne, IUPUI, North Dakota State, Omaha, Oral Roberts, South Dakota, South Dakota State and Western Illinois. In 2014-15, The Summit League completed its fourth straight season with both a top-20 league RPI finish and a league-record four teams in national postseason tournaments. Called "March's Best-Kept Secret" by USA Today, The Summit League Basketball Championships further established itself as one of the nation's top tournaments by smashing league attendance figures in five-of-six categories, including total attendance by an astounding 33 percent, at the new Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls, S.D. This season's tournament returns to the venue March 5-8, 2016. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org, follow Summit League Basketball on Twitter @summithoops and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.

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